A FINANCIAL crisis is threatening the future of a door-to-door recyling service covering a large swathe of Birmingham.

A FINANCIAL crisis is threatening the future of a door-to-door recyling service covering a large swathe of Birmingham.

Two workers at Nechells-based Brumcan Recycling have already been made redundant in a move bosses said was caused by a three-month delay in council funding.

The non-profit making business said it could not afford to keep the two on after additional council funding for their Bordesley Green recy-cling rounds was delayed from March until last month.

The future of collections from Yardley, Bordesley Green and Moseley are now being reviewed as a result of the job cuts.

But a spokesman for Birmingham City Council said: "We have now granted them some additional funding and accelerated their NRF funding."

The company, which has been operating for 12 years, employs four crew and two drivers.

Last year it collected 1,000 tonnes of bottles, cans, papers and textiles from residents which would otherwise have clogged up land fill sites.

Ann Brookman, Brumcan waste project coordinator, said staff were saddened at the job losses, especially at a time when the Government was encouraging people to increase the amount of rubbish they recycle.

Ms Brookman said: "We will now have to look at how we can operate the rounds. We might have to change the collection routes."

Michael Foley, a carer from Small Heath, said: "It's sad, these men have families and mortgages. A lot of people who put out their bottles and newspapers won't know what to do with them now."